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Starving Scots families are raiding skips at night for food

An new article in the Herald newspaper tells how STARVING families are raiding skips under the cover of darkness because they are too ashamed to seek help from food banks.

It came as they warned the situation across Scotland is rapidly becoming “unsustainable” amid ongoing benefit changes.

One desperate child in Glasgow was caught eating tomato sauce at school, while volunteers say hungry, undernourished youngsters are tearing open food parcels as soon as they are handed over in a frantic bid to get something to eat.